Kim Possible (2019)

Kim Possible
Released	July 10, 2019
Running Time	35:46
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Link	http://channelawesome.com/kim-possible-nostalgia-critic/

(The Channel Awesome logo and opening titles play. Then open on a castle, where a Dr. Drakken-like villain (played by NC) has Kim Possible (played by Aiyanna) covered in chains)

Drakken: (laughs evilly) Now, Kim Possible, it appears I have you in my clutches once more!

Kim: (calmly) Well, beats doing homework.

Drakken: Yes. (looks confused) Not one of your better quips, (shakes head) but whatevs. (points offscreen) Shego!

(Shego (played by Heather) stands by, reading a strategy guide for the game Splinter Cell; it's covering her face)

Drakken: Use the laser beam to blast her to itsy-Kimmy pieces!

Shego: (putting down guide, revealing her face, and looking frustrated) Why? It's just literally going to backfire like everything else.

Drakken: You know, this is why you didn't get a gift for Administrative Professionals Day.

(Shego lazily presses a button on the nearby panel, which activates a metal gun that aims at Kim. Drakken laughs maniacally)

Kim: Well, you know what they say: laser beam there, done that.

Drakken: Okay, I really don't remember your one-liners being so dollar-store.

(A crash sound is heard, and a girl named Athena (played by Tamara) jumps in, wearing a purple shirt)

Shego: (puts the guide away, annoyed) What? Who's this?

Athena: I'm Athena, Kim's new sidekick.

Drakken: What?! You're not a regular! Where's Ron Stoppable?

(Athena takes out a phone, on which we hear a voice)

Ron (voiced by Doug): (via phone) KP, I ate my own feet.

Shego: Wow, was he always that useless?

Drakken: Shego! Make her go green!

(As Drakken laughs, Shego makes a blast with her powers, but Athena takes out a mirror which reflects the blow, redirecting it into Kim's chains, destroying them)

Drakken: Dah!

Shego: Hey!

(Shego presses another button on the panel. Athena quickly grabs Kim and runs away before they are hit by a gun. Shego grunts in annoyance)

Drakken: Ooh! You may have won this round, but brace the fire of my diabolical-

(Suddenly, he sees Kim crying loudly in Athena's arms)

Drakken: (confused) What? What is this? What's happening?

Athena: Can't you see she's upset that someone saved the day cooler than her?!

Drakken: ...What?

Kim: (in tears) Yeah, that trick with the mirror was, like, so cool! And everyone at school's gonna think (gestures towards Athena) you're the big hero!

Drakken: That was, like...one cool thing she did. You have years of cool things you did. Nobody at school is gonna care!

Kim: (grabs a mirror from Athena) Tell Shego to blast me again!

Drakken: Come again?

Kim: I'm putting this mission in jeopardy just so I can get the glory!

Drakken: Okay, kid, don't take this the wrong way, but you're, like, "totes pathets" right now. You used to be more of a challenge!

Kim: No! I want the attention! I want the attention...! (continues bawling)

(And then NC breaks character)

NC: Okay, timeout.

Director (Malcolm): Cut! (A studio bell is heard ringing as he comes in, wearing sunglasses) Critic, what is it?

Kim: (now calm) Yeah, what's going on?

NC: Well, um, when I said I wanted to recreate Kim Possible, I thought we were actually going to...recreate Kim Possible.

Director: Critic, you need to chillax out, baby. This is totally Kim Possible.

NC: Is it? It sure doesn't feel that way.

(The footage from the popular 2000s show is played, mostly focusing on two TV movies)

NC (vo): I remember Kim Possible being an early 2000s Disney series that was a satire of spy and superhero cliches. While it was mainly for kids, it had a ton of tongue-in-cheek humor for adults. With hilarious villains, a unique art style, and at the center, a hero everybody wanted to be: cool, confident, had all the one-liners and always finding fun ways to kick ass.

NC: I don't know anyone who'd want to be...this.

Kim: Hit me! Hit me! (acting angrily) I want you to do it! Hit me!!

Director: Critic, you don't understand. This is the new Kim Possible.

NC: New Kim Possible?

Athena: Yeah, a more emotional Kim, high school drama, new sidekicks...

NC: New sidekicks? What happened to the one you had before?

(Athena takes out a phone again)

Ron: (via phone) KP, I'm in my own stomach. Save me.

NC: This is gonna suck, isn't it?

Director: This is Disney, baby.

Kim: (smiling) Yeah, when they have done anything wrong recently?

(All three shrug at NC, who glances at the camera, understanding this will be hard to sit through. The title for the 2019 Kim Possible movie is shown, followed by clips)

NC (vo): Kim Possible: The Movie premiered on the Disney Channel in February of 2019, 17 years after the premiere of the hit animated show. The fans were skeptical, though they tried to keep an open mind, as it kind of looked like the show, seemed to follow the same ideas. Plus, it's the same channel that made it before. That's gotta be a good sign when the same creative force goes back to a nostalgic property, (Photos of Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, John Landis and George Lucas are shown) right? Right? Right?! RIGHT--?!! When it did premiere, fans were less than Kim-pressed, with many calling at a slower, awkward and unfunny rendition of the crime-fighting teen they grew up with. I'll only admit, I only started really watching Kim Possible about a year ago, so I don't really have the nostalgia goggles a lot of other fans may have. I know it's a kids' show, I know changes need to be made for live-action, and I'm open to a different interpretation, if it works.

NC: (returns to his usual spot in his normal attire) But that indeed raises the question: does it work?

(Cut to the director and Athena calming down the sobbing Kim in the doors)

Director: Baby, don't listen to him! You're empowering kids everywhere!

Athena: That's right. Now, how about a makeover?

Kim: (happily) Ooh! I love makeovers! (The three cheerfully skip away)

Director: Oh, baby, yeah!

NC: (sighs in disappointment) This is the Kim Possible movie.

(The movie starts)

NC (vo): The film opens from a narration from Kim.

Kim: (narrating) A few years ago, I accidentally received a distress call. I was done with my homework, so...I answered it.

NC: (as Kim) Bearing in mind if I wasn't, I'd just let people die.

(Professor Dementor, who's played by Patton Oswalt (the actor who voiced the character in the original show), approaches the captured Dr. Glopman (Patrick Sabongui), a scientist who has the disintegrating slime he needs)

NC (vo): Oh, someone had a kid who watched the show and wouldn't talk to him unless he was in the movie version.

Dementor: (with a German accent) Success! The world is mine!

NC (vo): Patton Oswalt plays Professor Dementor. A different-looking, but still pretty authentic representation of the original.

Dementor: My dear Dr. Glopman.

NC: (as Dementor) I heard you were thinking about not seeing the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot?!

(Kim Possible, played by Sadie Stanley, arrives via her jetpack)

Kim: (narrating) I save the world. Who am I? I'm Kim Possible.

NC (vo): Kim is played by Sadie Stanley, a relative newcomer, who I can see having a decent career outside of this. But here, it's kind of an awkward Kim Possible.

(Cut to a later scene)

Kim and Athena: (in unison) Focus, Ron.

(As Athena chuckles at Kim, the latter has a confused reaction, accompanied by texts: "Happy?", "Maybe?", "I dunno.", "I guess laugh.", "Stopping now.", and the show's logo)

NC: You can't blame her too much, as I'm sure a lot of factors played into this.

NC (vo): Directing, writing, and, of course, Disney wanting their live-action cool characters to be cool to a fault.

(Shots of various Disney characters having an exaggerated expression on their faces are shown: Rapunzel, Anna, Aladdin, Joy, Ariel, the main characters from the trailer of Toy Story 4, Belle, Mulan and Violet Parr)

NC (vo): In animation, Disney allows their cool characters to be...well, animated, with big expressions, wild takes, and an understanding that in order to be funny, you have to either have a mocking cynical edge, a relatable vulnerability that can be mocked, or both.

(Now we cut to the live-action Disney characters: Cinderella, Belle, the cast of Camp Rock, Hannah Montana, the main characters from Even Stevens and Wizards of Waverly Place, Pete's Dragon (2016) and Alice from Alice Through the Looking Glass)

NC (vo): Their live-action cool characters don't usually do that, especially on the Disney Channel. They're more like role models you'd see on Full House: bland and forgettable. There's one to two exceptions that work in a little bit more extreme goofiness, but, for the most part, they have to stay in the harmless Disney mold.

(Clips of Kim in the original show are played)

NC (vo): Now, that's not to say Kim was deep or complex, but she was essentially Superman or James Bond, the cool person who did cool things you aspired to be.

NC: But you want to be that person because she leaves an impression on you.

NC (vo): Kim could get angry, cynical, paranoid, which not only made her funny, but made her all the more cool when she overcame those weaknesses.

(Back to the film)

NC (vo): This is just a generic happy teen, someone you forget, even if she did save you from a top of radioactive slime.

(We cut to a later scene)

Kim: Come on, doc, we gotta get out of here.

NC: (as Glopman, cheerfully, then quizzically) Thank you...I want to say...Jeff?

(Ron Stoppable, played by Sean Giambrone, arrives to help Kim)

NC (vo): Ron Stoppable, ironically, is the exact opposite problem. He's actually too good. This kid's impression is insane.

NC: If you were to close your eyes and listen to him and the voice actor, you couldn't tell which was which!

Ron (Live-Action): When I told you that one time I'd jump off a cliff for you, I didn't expect it to happen.

Ron (Animated): Why not be more like me, relaxed, laid-back?

Ron (Live-Action): (livestreaming) This is Kim Possible. We're both a little cranky after saving the world last night.

Ron (Animated): They're writing something in finger paint. Uh, is that how that's spelled?

NC (vo): But that's the thing. This isn't a cartoon, it's live-action. And a voice in a cartoon and a voice in real life are two very different things. Ron's voice, even in animation, was a lot to take in. But it always balanced out, because the writing for him was still clever enough to get a laugh.

(The clip from an episode "Big Job" is shown, with Ron interrupting Kim and Shego's fight by driving in a car)

Ron: Kim, I'll keep circling, there's nowhere to park! (drives off)

Shego: (to Kim) You, too?

NC (vo): The writing for him here...how do I say this?...hurts.

(In the film, we cut to a later clip of Ron in Bueno Nacho)

Ron: I don't know if you know this about me, but when I grow up, I want to be a dog.

NC: Well, that's in the universe forever.

(Kim's aide, a computer genius named Wade (Issac Ryan Brown), is first shown in his room as always, appearing on Kimmunicator whenever is needed)

NC (vo): They're helped out by Wade, a much younger and slimmed down version compared to the show, who's the computer hacker that helps out behind the scenes.

Wade: Kim? I've got a target lock. Professor Dementor has the scientist chained up on level 6.

NC: (as Wade, holding a binder) I also found a better script! Apparently, it's for an unused Spy Kids episode, but I don't think anyone would notice.

(In Dementor's base, the latter sadly observes that the disintegrating smile is not of the form he wanted)

Dementor: Why is it turning all pink und sparkly? I cannot take over the world with the pink und the sparkles.

NC: (waves hand) Hitler said the same thing.

(Kim and Ron walk down stairs and into the lair)

NC (vo): Kim interrupts his plan with this great zinger...

Kim: Slime's up, Professor Dementor.

NC: (hands crossed, annoyed) This was the script for Baby Geniuses 5, wasn't it?

NC (vo): ...as her and Ron start taking them down.

(Kim and Ron fight Dementor's henchmen. One of them faces Kim and growls...as the screen splits in two, with Kim below)

Kim: Ron, grapple me.

(Kim receives the grappling hook and ties up the henchman, as the screen splits again, showing Dementor's surprised reaction)

NC: (snickers) Okay. We all love Ang Lee's The Hulk... (Rotten Tomatoes' score to this film (29%) is briefly shown)

NC (vo): ...but I don't think that's the best movie to model after.

(Kim knocks the henchman down, as he falls on Dementor with the Wilhelm Scream being heard)

NC (vo): Oh, no! Henchman Wilhelm is down!

(Dementor manages to press the button that starts off the countdown to the self-destruction. Kim and Ron lead Dr. Glopman to roof)

Wade: Kim, 30 seconds till self-destruct!

NC (vo): The scientist is rescued, as they try to get him to safety.

Glopman: (wearing jetpack and preparing for liftoff) From now on, I will only use my slime for the good of humanity.

NC: That man should get an Oscar for how damn seriously he took that line.

(What follows is the sequence recreating most of the original show's intro: Kim doing back flips in Bueno Nacho, Ron pushing her away from cheerleading, him losing his pants, etc.)

NC (vo): We get a recreation of the show's intro that...you can tell there's an attempt to make this relatively close to the original source material.

Kim: (as the corresponding animated clip is shown) So, what's the sitch?

(The film's title is shown)

Sadie Stanley: (singing) Call me, beep me, if you wanna reach me.

(Next, we're shown the Possible family, or, to be exact, Kim's mother Ann and father James)

NC (vo): The missed opportunities, though, are seen pretty quickly after, with the reveal of Kim's parents: Ann, played by Alyson Hannigan, and James, played by Matthew Clarke. Completely fine choices, I guess, but...

NC: ...why wasn't it the voice actors of Kim and Ron?

NC (vo): Christy Carlson Romano and Will Friedle are not only around the proper age, (The animated clip of Ann and James is shown) but they do kind of look like them. It would have been such a great in-joke.

NC: And there's another problem, too, that may sound a little nitpicky, but bear with me here...Kim Possible's mom looks more like Kim Possible than Kim Possible does.

NC (vo): Again, it's minor, but when you're thinking the mother of the lead would have been a much better lead...

NC: Well, that's just straight up Judy Garland syndrome. (The photo of Judy Garland and her daughter, Liza Minnelli, who look almost similar to each other, is shown)

NC (vo): Speaking of which, her mom sees if Kim is properly prepared for her first day of high school.

(Kim, giggling, opens a closet, from which dozens of costumes come out)

Kim: I picked out and sorted all of my outfits for the month.

NC: So Kim Possible is now Cher from Clueless. (After a pause, he nods) Yeah. Yeah. That sounds about right. Yeah, sure. What are you doing--?

Ann: Sit down, my little hummingbird. (sighs) My sweet girl.

NC (vo; as Kim): Girl Boss to you. (chuckles) We certainly haven't dated this.

Ann: It's okay if you don't figure it all out on the first day.

Kim: It's just high school. How hard can it be?

NC: (smiling) Easier than writing a lie more original than "how hard could it be".

(On her way, Kim sees two mothers talking on the sidewalk, one of them letting go of the baby carriage that slowly rides away)

NC (vo; as a mother): No, I wouldn't mind if my baby died, why?

(Kim does a somersault, takes out a grappling hook and holds back the carriage)

NC: (bemused) You know, she had more gadgets than a grappling hook, right?

Mother: (realizing she nearly lost her baby) Oh, my gosh!

(An arrow points at another mother, who simply waves at Kim)

NC (vo; chuckling): Boy, great acting from this lady. (as another mother, flatly) Oh, no...what do I care. It's Disney Channel. Like I'm gonna get a job from this.

(Cut to Dr. Drakken (Todd Stashwick), having blue veins instead of blue skin, escaping out of his cell with the help of his accomplice, Shego (Taylor Ortega))

NC (vo): Meanwhile, we cut to the villainous Dr. Drakken, played by Todd Stashwick, who was broken out of prison by Shego, played by Taylor Ortega.

NC: These two are probably the best thing in the movie.

(We're shown the later scene of them returning to Drakken's lair)

Drakken: (holding phone) Look at Duff Killigan's Villainstagram. He has an underwater base. I used to have an island.

Shego: Well, that island slightly exploded.

NC (vo): True, there's little issues, like Drakken isn't blue, and their humor is a little slower compared to John DiMaggio and Nicole Sullivan, but their delivery is still pretty good, and they both do really decent impressions. I have no problem buying them as the classic evil duo.

(Cut to a clip from an episode "Rufus vs. Commodore Puddles")

Shego (Animated): What's in Area 51 that's so special?

Drakken (Animated): You know, flying saucers, alien technology, yadda-yadda-yadda.

(Back to the film)

Drakken: Did you get the Zakadamium Q-46?

Shego: Yeah, it's in there.

Drakken: (goes to file cabinet, pointing at drawers) In there? There? There?

Shego: It's over...I can't reach it.

(Cut to Kim coming to Middleton High School, with the sign reading "Summer's Over and It's All Your Fall")

NC (vo): Kim's first day of high school, on the other hand...

(Kim and Bonnie Rockwaller (Erika Tham), her childhood rival, face each other like two cowboys at high noon, with the students making way and the Western music playing in the background)

NC (vo): Oh-ho-ho-ho, it's like a Western! We have to portray high school like a high-stake action sequence, because...

NC: ...nothing else is portrayed like a high-stake action sequence!

Bonnie: (approaches Kim) Welcome to high school, my little freshman! Oh! (embraces Kim)

Kim: Hi, Bonnie. I missed you last year.

NC: You know, here's the problem. Having really done this like a Western, like a social double-talk draw, maybe this would have been really funny, and a commentary on high school.

(The scene is replayed, but with a single gunshot firing after each line)

Heather (vo; as Bonnie): It's good to see you, Kim. You look so much older since I last saw you.

Aiyanna (vo; as Kim): Oh, Bonnie. You look exactly the same, even down to the clothes you wore three years ago.

Heather (vo; as Bonnie): Heard you're gonna try out for the school musical? I know you loved drama so much.

Aiyanna (vo; as Kim): No, Bonnie. No matter how hard I try, you'll always be the prima donna.

NC: See? That would have given the humor it needed just to find the Western tone.

NC (vo): But instead, the kids just stand in the circle for no reason, they play the music, and it goes nowhere. So many jokes take this same route, starting out with an okay idea, but never following all the way through with it. But, hey, she's not a cheerleader anymore, because...I don't know. Progressive.

Kim: When are cheerleading tryouts?

Bonnie: You want to cheer at school? Yeah, go hang out with the losers in Lowerton.

NC: (scoffs) Yeah. If there's anything cheerleaders are always associated with, it's being losers!

(A YouTube video is shown with a female cheerleader being tossed in the air by two athletes)

NC: (scoffs again) Lazy.

(Another video is shown, with a cheerleader doing a handstand on an athlete's one arm)

NC: (hand on cheek) Lame!

(Yet another video features eight cheerleaders performing stunts on athletes' arms)

NC: (in a raspy voice) Go back to the chess club! (scoffs) Stupid dorks.

NC (vo): It looks like Kim is late for her first class, as she runs after the bell rings.

(Cut to Mr. Barkin, played by Michael P. Northey, teaching his class)

Barkin: It's best to abandon any hope of joy and find meager satisfaction in monotony. (Kim and Ron run in)

NC: Well, I just heard the funniest line in the movie. (makes a V sign and leaves the table) Peace out!

Kim: Nobody told us they renumbered the classrooms.

Barkin: Yeah, I did that. Keeps you kids on your toes.

Kim: Wha...?

(The bell rings, signaling the lesson's end)

NC: Dude, how short was that class? Would they take an hour to walk to our homeroom?!

(Running late to another lesson, Kim rushes out of the school and uses the grappling hook to climb up the roof)

NC (vo): To make things worse, Kim is somehow late again to her next class. She'll have to use some high-tech gadgetry to get to-- Really pushing that grappling hook, huh?

NC: Disney, you have a problem. (Five pictures of Disney characters armed with grappling hooks are shown: Kim from the animated show, Mabel Pines from Gravity Falls, Webby Vanderquack from DuckTales (2017), Darkwing Duck and Anna from Frozen as depicted in the video game, Disney Infinity)

(Barkin scolds Kim after she runs to the classroom late)

NC (vo): They keep the running joke from the original of Mr. Barkin somehow being every teacher in the school, but the downside is, it's not Patrick Warburton, like in the show. And let's be honest, his voice is comedic pixie dust. It makes everything funny! Just watch this scene.

Barkin: (taking out a picture of a fat cat) It takes me 90 minutes to prepare Lady Whiskerboots her low-carb, high-protein breakfast. (speaks to a picture) Isn't that right, Lady Whiskerboots? Yes, it is. Oh, yes, it is.

NC: Now imagine Warburton doing it.

NC (vo; imitating Warburton): It takes me 90 minutes to prepare Lady Whiskerboots her low-carb, high-protein breakfast. Isn't that right, Lady Whiskers? Yes, it is. Oh, oh, yes, it is.

(Three instances of the animated show's running gag of the changing school sign is shown: "Testing: 1...2...3...and 4pm", "Now with More Homework", and "Geography Club: Meeting at 98°35′W 39°50′N". It's followed by the film's depictions of this running gag: "Soccer Tryouts: Just for Kicks", "Procrastination Club: Meeting Postponed", and "Assembly Required")

NC (vo): You'll also notice the film has taken all the hit-and-miss school signs in the show and conveniently replaced them with only the misses.

NC: It's like your Halloween candy being stolen, only (picture of...) the Bit-O-Honeys are left. WHAT MONSTER KEEPS HANDING THOSE OUT--?!

(Kim shows up at soccer tryouts, meeting Bonnie and her team)

NC (vo): So Kim tries out for the soccer team, and, like you, I'm surprised I didn't make a "Kick Possible" joke...

NC: Oh, wait. (wiggles fingers playfully as the Photoshopped picture of the school sign is shown with this phrase) Save it for the sign!

NC (vo): ...but Bonnie says she has to get through all of them in order to make the team.

(Kim easily passes Bonnie's team, leading the ball)

Bonnie: Come on, you guys!

(Kim does several back flips on her way)

NC (vo; as Kim): Why? Am? I? Doing? This?

Ron: (sitting in the audience) Okay...

(In slow-mo, Kim kicks the goal. The screen splits in three one-by-one: Ron cheering, Bonnie looking back surpirsed, and Kim smiling, relieved)

NC: Okay, what slot machine edited this?!

(The scene is repeated with "slot machine" sound effects, including the winning one, accompanied by the caption "CONGRATS! You've Been Robbed Your Childhood!")

NC (vo): She makes the goal, much to Bonnie and her droogs' dismay.

Bonnie: That was...amazing.

(Bonnie's team joins her, with the "sheep bleating" sound effect put over it)

Bonnie: Congratulations to our newest...equipment manager! Yay! (The bleating is also put over as two of Bonnie's teammates put a laundry basket next to Kim)

NC: I don't even get it. Why wouldn't they want her on her team? She's a world-famous spy!

(Two photos are shown: one of LeBron James, the other being Photoshopped, showing LeBron's head put over a team mascot)

NC (vo): It's like putting LeBron James on your team, but only as the mascot! Somebody rent out a brain cell!

Kim: (to Ron, later carrying a basket full of balls) I've had the absolute worst first day of school that any human could have.

NC: Well, maybe don't wear mid-dress...

(Picture of a "Gone Golfing Barbie" toy is shown)

NC (vo): ...based on Putt-Putt Barbie's wardrobe...

NC: ...and you might have a shot.

(Kim and Ron overhear a girl named Athena (Ciara Riley Wilson) crying outside of the school and speaking to her mother on the phone)

NC (vo): They hear a girl crying in the corner and see that she's having a rough time fitting in, too.

Athena: I didn't make any friends.

(Kim runs to Athena, performing back flips as she picks up Athena's papers that fell on the ground)

NC: (not impressed) Not everything involves a flip!

(Kim hands the papers to Athena)

NC (vo; as Kim): I hope that made you feel inferior.

Kim: I'm Kim.

Athena: (awestruck) I know.

(Both girls are shown eating in Bueno Nacho and introducing themselves to each other, as Ron joins them)

NC (vo): It turns out this girl is named Athena, and she's one of Kim's biggest fans.

Ron: Ah, Athena. As in the goddess of...I wanna say dentistry?

NC: (laughs goofily) You're funny, Ron... (abruptly stops smiling) Sit down.

(Athena shows a photo on her phone that depicts her and her pitbull cosplaying Kim and Ron)

NC (vo): Speaking of which, would you like some context of that dog line from earlier?

Athena: That's Ron Stop-pitbull. I didn't really have any, uh, friends to go with me.

Ron: When I grow up, I want to be a dog. Thanks to you, I'm one step closer.

NC: Didn't make anything better, did it? (holds his head) Why does knowing more always hurt more?

Athena: Be the dog you want to see in the world.

Ron: Thank you. And...woof!

Athena: Woof, woof, woof!

(All three laugh as they imitate barking)

NC: (hand on cheek, shaking head) How are these kids not fitting in? It's such a mystery.

(Kim and Ron are late again to Barkin's class, but Athena runs in some seconds after that)

NC (vo): Athena seems to help out quite a bit, as she's good at making excuses about why they're always late. Which...

NC: ...at this point, is a good question. Why are they always late?

Athena: We've actually been volunteering at the cat shelter. (Barkin is shown holding his tears) For all the homeless cats out there.

Barkin: (trying to compose himself) Well, I suppose I could let it pass for meow. (The class laughs) I mean...now.

NC: (unamused) Remember what I said about Warburton making any line funny? I take it back. He couldn't make that line funny.

NC (vo; imitating Warburton): I suppose I could let it pass...

NC: It's...not worth the attempt. It'll just make you sad.